8-16-16 Chapter Minutes

Chapter Meeting

August 16, 2016

Room B 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

MINUTES

At 2:31 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Erika Greene, Araceli Castaneda, Adriane Lommel and Catherine Brady

Hand-outs: 

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of June 9, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Alex Young,             with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Alex Young, with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Alex Young, seconded by Terri Nadell, with no changes.

Constitution and By Laws: Have been revised, the last revision was 1996.  The revised
C and B’s were presented to the Chapter for reading and comments.  The revisions were meeting dates, every other month and dues, now $40.00 per year.  Some adjusts were made, such as all correspondence to Chapter Members will be via email not mail. We will present the C and B’s again at the next chapter meeting for approval.

Professional Growth Funds: The funds have not been released yet, Karen is following up with Raquel on the final amount. Once funds are approved Karen will email the chapter. We are considering raising the disbursement amount for the membership to $200.00 per reimbursement period only if the funds are available to do so. Remember, these funds are on a first come, first served basis.

Elections: We will be holding elections in October and November.  Any qualified members interested in any Board position should notify the Board and attend the October Chapter meeting. All of the officer’s terms are up in December.

Office Communications: The point was mentioned that many employees miss the hallway meetings and information that is passed on.  Email notification of meetings was mentioned in a possible way to inform employees of meetings so more can attend or follow up on what was discussed. This may be brought up to Mary Jane’s Office in the future. However, this is not a union type matter but rather Mary Jane’s options. Anyone is welcome to communicate their interest in these meetings directly to her office.

Good of the Order: Alex thanked Karen for her Presidency and work on behalf of the CSEA Chapter #327.  Erika thanked the Board for all the work updating the Constitution and By Laws.  Karen appreciated Erika for attending all the Chapter Meetings.

Adjournment was at 3:25 pm

Labor Day: What does it mean?

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to honor the social and economic achievements of American workers.
This year, Labor Day is Monday, Sept 2. Labor Day isn’t just about unions. It’s a national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

History of Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882 in New York City in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. On that day, about 20,000 workers marched to demand an eight-hour workday and other labor law reforms. In a parade up Broadway in New York City, workers carried banners reading, “Labor Creates All Wealth” and “Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for Recreation.” About a quarter million New Yorkers turned out to watch.
After the first Labor Day in New York City, celebrations began to spread to other states as workers fought to win workplace rights and better working conditions and wages at a time when they had little power. In 1893, New York City workers took an unpaid day off and marched around Union Square in support of a national Labor Day.
The following year, 12,000 federal troops were called into Pullman, Ill., to break up a huge strike against the Pullman railway company and two workers were shot and killed by U.S. deputy marshals. In what most historians call an election year attempt to appease workers after the federal crackdown on the Pullman strike, shortly after the strike was broken, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation making the first Monday in September Labor Day and a federal holiday. Cleveland lost the election but Labor Day was now federally recognized.

Labor Day today

Through the years, the country has given increasing emphasis to Labor Day. With labor unions fighting for survival and workers fighting for a living way and to preserve overtime pay, recognizing the contributions of American workers is just as important today as it was more than 100 years ago when Labor Day was first celebrated.

Agenda Chapter Meeting

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning Everyone and Welcome Back!

We hope you had a great summer.  Below is the agenda for our Chapter 327 meeting this month.
We look forward to a fantastic new year filled with peace of mind and happiness and a fresh new start.
Let's all try and find a way to make this happen!
Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting as well as at Back to School!

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

2:30-3:30 pm

Cabinet Room

Approval of agenda

Secretary’s report

Treasurer’s report

Chapter business

·         Revised Constitution and Bylaws

·         Professional Growth Update

·         Elections

                 Good of the Order

Adjournment

6-9-16 Chapter Minutes

Chapter Meeting

June 9, 2016

Hopmonk Tavern 4:00-6:00pm

MINUTES

At 4:15 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Diana Dawson, Liliana Nazarian, Laura Keaton, Adriane Lommel, Erika Greene, and Erin Feely

Hand-outs: 

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of April 20, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

·         Chapter meeting dates schedule

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Laura Keaton with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Laura Keaton, seconded by Terri Nadell with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Terri Nadell, seconded by Adriane Lommel with no changes.

Chapter Meeting Dates for remainder of the year: A revised list of dates was distributed to everyone for the meetings throughout the end of this year.  We will schedule 2017 upon everyone’s return from summer vacation.

Release Time/Meetings: Karen reminded everyone that they need to take lunch, PN or vacation time to attend Chapter Meetings.  Adriane asked if our electronic time sheets had an area to record the “other time.” Answer, yes.

Professional Growth: The Professional Growth reimbursement period is closed this year.  We will not receive funds till possibly October of this year.  We need to wait till the new budget is rolled.

Scholarship Fund: Revised forms were handed out for review.  Alex also posted the updated forms on the CSEA blog.

Paraeducators Conference Presentation: Liliana spoke about the Paraeducator Conference she and Araceli attended.  The conference was in Ontario and about 3500 people attended this year.  She mentioned there was a variety of workshops and trainings to attend.  Many different subjects were covered to assist Paras with needs on their jobs.  She mentioned their travel planning was more work this year and it would be helpful if the Paras attending did not have to pay up front for the attendance of the conference, as some may not be able to afford to do this.  Adriane mentioned there is a “Travel Advance Form” that may be helpful in this case.  Karen will look into what is needed to use this form.  Liliana thanked the membership for the opportunity to attend this conference again this year.

Good of the Order: Adriane asked Karen to follow-up with management on how much release time has been used this year. Adriane mentioned it is always a good idea to keep track of what is used. Karen will address this in our next meeting and thanked Adriane for the question.  Karen thanked everyone for attending and we conducted the raffle at the end of the meeting.  We used everyone’s names that attended and delivered the Starbucks cards to the 5 winners.

Adjournment was at 5:20 pm

Scholarship Forms

From Debbie Aviron, Chapter 327 Secretary:


Here are the forms for the CSEA scholarship applications.

To download the application for CSEA Immediate Family Members, click HERE.

To download the application for CSEA Members, click HERE.

REMINDER 6-9-16

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning:

Hope to see everyone at our Chapter meeting today.  Please see below agenda.  If you still would like to attend, please email me so we can change the number of folks coming to Hopmonk.  Thanks.

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Thursday, June 9, 2016

4:00-6:00 pm

Hopmonk Tavern

RSVP A MUST BY May 27^th

Approval of agenda

Secretary’s report

Treasurer’s report

Chapter business

·         Chapter Meeting Dates

·         Release Time/Meetings

·         Professional Growth

·         Scholarship Fund

·         Lilliana and Araceli – Paraeducator Conference

                 Good of the Order

Adjournment

Know Your Rights manual

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:

Good Morning:

Just for you to have a copy of the "Know Your Rights" manual in the event you are unsure of a situation and if no one is around to assist you.
Please read it through as an extra benefit to yourself.  You never know when it may come in handy and you should always be informed.

Download "Know Your Rights" Manual